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  • 28 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

three hottest months of the year. Rain harvesting, building design to minimize lighting, shifts toward renewable energy, and cutting-edge waste management are other examples of how RMZ minimizes its operating footprint. Sustainability... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

It's academic. (Not!)

Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

process in jeopardy. At the same time, the company has a second drug, Byetta, in its pipeline. Graham must decide how to manage the company's limited resources while also finalizing another deal that has huge future potential. Graham... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 May 2017
  • News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

and helped take the company public. Along the way, she developed policies that enabled women to thrive at work—telecommuting (before it had a name) and flexible scheduling, among others. “There were no models for how to manage work life... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 13 Sep 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

examples: Avis's classic slogan "we're number 2" emphasized that it was playing second fiddle to a giant in the rental car business. Oprah Winfrey's success is largely attributable to her ability to construct a repeating... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

account for secular changes in how payouts are made over the last 30 years, during which repurchases have replaced dividends as the prime vehicle for corporate payouts. Other payout motives such as changes in compensation practices and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

executive might as well pack his attaché case and go fishing. If an organization does not know or care where it is going, it does not need to advertise that fact with a ceremonial figurehead. Everybody will notice it soon enough." In... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail
  • 10 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

Business is about making money, not measuring macho. The scrap heap of business disasters is littered with managers whose ego drive overwhelmed good business sense. Founder and former chief executive Ray... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
  • 07 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

in press Academy of Management Annals Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures By: DeSantola, Alicia, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—Entrepreneurial ventures face unique challenges related to growth, particularly in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

and, eventually, through its decision to execute a management buyout to exit the public market. Explored at the corporate level is the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits and achieve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2021 (Revised December 2023)
  • Case

On the Bubble: Startup Bootstrapping

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Tom Quinn and Annelena Lobb
Bubble was a software company in the low-code/no-code market, making tools that allowed users without traditional programming backgrounds or technical skills to build software. The case covers cofounder Joshua Haas’s engineering background, as he experienced a high... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Plan; Disruption; Transformation; Trends; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Equity; Executive Compensation; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Job Interviews; Growth and Development Strategy; Ownership Stake; Opportunities; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; New York (city, NY); California; France
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  • 10 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 10

  Publications February 2015 Academy of Management Review Reflections on the 2013 Decade Award: "Exploitation, Exploration, and Process Management: The Productivity Dilemma Revisited" Ten Years Later By: Benner, Mary, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

with lower quality ratings from the incumbents: rating levels went up, the correlation between ratings and market-implied yields fell, and the ability of ratings to predict default deteriorated. We offer several possible explanations for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

first for-profit hospital in the southern city of Chennai in 1983. Today the Apollo Hospitals Group manages more than 30 hospitals and treats patients from many different countries, according to the case. Tarun Khanna, a Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

  PublicationsThe Two Facets of Collaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances Authors:Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen, and Pavel Zhelyazkov Publication:The Academy of Management Annals (forthcoming) Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

  PublicationsThe Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract The most effective managers have the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
  • Case

Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry
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  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

self-employment. Using the reform to instrument for private-sector labor supply, we find that private-sector labor demand is very elastic, with elasticity estimates ranging between -3.1 and -5.3. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

Effectively By: Casciaro, T., F. Gino, and M. Kouchaki Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51004 February 2016 Journal of Accounting & Economics Labor Unemployment Insurance and Earnings View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne